mad in pursuit journal

On TV drama, clever cops track down clever criminals. They are all
wily and ingenious.

But in the real world I see that Law & Order plays out between lucky
police and brazenly stupid perpetrators.

But enough of that...

I've developed a new conspiracy theory about the true crime occurring
now in our society. I'm starting to think that the current US
administration is practicing euthanasia -- or even genocide -- disguised
as incompetence.

Think about the flat-footed response to Katrina. How many lives of
poor people were valued?

Then start paying attention to news about the "reforms" in Medicaid
and Medicare, including the so-called drug "benefit." Thousands of poor
old people are caught in a bureaucratic nightmare since their Medicaid
prescription benefit ($1 per prescription) disappeared and they were
transferred to Medicare. They are being slapped with large deductibles
and co-pays while pharmacies are afraid of not getting reimbursed. The
only option left to these people are to conveniently die. And who in our
government cares?

You hear enough of these and you begin to see a pattern.
Conservatives often blame poor people for their plight and big business
doesn't see much profit from them. So wouldn't it be so easy to put the
squeeze on them just enough to thin their ranks? Aren't they just a
burden to the neocon world view?